The Lost Weekend
1945·United States·101 min.
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Don Birnam (Ray Milland), a would-be writer, is a long time alcoholic who is dissatisfied with his life. His brother Wick (Phillip Terry) and girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) manage to keep him sober for 10 days, but he arranges to get away from them and goes on a self-destructive three-day binge.
DirectorBilly Wilder
MusicMiklós Rózsa
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
CastRay Milland·Jane Wyman·Phillip Terry·Howard Da Silva·Doris Dowling·Frank Faylen·Mary Young·Anita Bolster·Lilian Fontaine·Frank Orth·Lewis L. Russell
Original titleThe Lost Weekend